covid-19
How Popular Musician RudeBoy Survived Covid-19
Former member of the defunct P-Square music group, Paul Okoye, popularly known as RudeBoy tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and survived the disease.
The singer announcing the development on his Instagram noted he had been under medical treatment for … Continue Reading
Nigeria, China hold talks on access to Covid-19 Vaccines
The Nigerian government has opened talks with the People’s Republic of China on how to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the country.
Speaking at a closed door meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, Nigeria’s minister of Foreign Affairs, … Continue Reading
Motivational Speaker, Ubong King, Dies of Covid-19
A popular Nigerian motivational speaker and businessman, Ubong King,48, has died of Covid-19.
Mr King, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, is said to have died in hospital in Lagos on December 26.
His wife, Unyime, confirmed the … Continue Reading
Covid-19: Nigeria Loses 20 Doctors in One Week
At least 20 Nigerian doctors have died of Covid-19 last week since the second wave of the disease erupted in the West African country, the chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), FCT, chapter Enema Amodu, has said.
Mr Amodu … Continue Reading
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
The UK Government has approved the Pfizer and BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine after accepting recommendations from the independent MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) which is set to be rolled out from next week according to the UK Health secretary. … Continue Reading
Tanzanian President Declares Country Free of Covid-19 Without WHO’s Certification
The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli, has declared the country “coronavirus-free” amidst dissatisfaction by the World Health Organization (WHO).
“The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma.… Continue Reading
Covid-19 Patients Cannot Infect Others After 11 days – New Study
Covid-19 patients can no longer be infectious, even while still positive, 11 days after contracting the virus, a new Singaporean study has found.
Singaporean infectious disease experts said they found that the virus “could not be isolated or cultured after … Continue Reading
Manager of Demolished Hotel in Rivers State Tests Positive for Covid-19
Rivers state recorded 27 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday with the manager of Prodest Hotel, one of the hotels demolished by the state government for violating the lockdown order, among the new cases.
Burundi Expels Top WHO Team In COVID-19 Crisis
by AFP
The foreign ministry, in a letter to WHO Africa headquarters and seen by AFP on Wednesday, said the UN agency’s representative in Burundi and his three colleagues “are declared persona non grata and as such, must leave the … Continue Reading
Covid-19: WHO meets African traditional medicine experts for cure
Officials of the World Health organization (WHO) met with 70 traditional medicine experts in Africa in a bid to develop a cure for Covid-19.
WHO African Region made this known via its Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The health organisation … Continue Reading